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A consummate, professional vocalist who demonstrated, time and time again, that there was room for a versatile veteran amongst the brash, younger rising stars of the dance hall.

Date Added: May 30, 2018

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"New engineer round a Tubby's named Jammy. Him wicked!"

Date Added: May 02, 2018

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Anyone with more than just a passing interest in rock steady and reggae knows and loves the music of The Heptones. Their near faultless body of work gives no indication as to why crossover success managed to elude one of the greatest ever Jamaican harmony trios

Date Added: Apr 25, 2018

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The Skatalites worked together as a recording band from 1963 to 1965 but during those two incredibly creative years they established the template for all that followed.

Date Added: Mar 22, 2018

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Legendary rock steady and reggae vocal group led by Carlton Manning... their debut recording 'Love Me Forever' is an all time classic.

Date Added: Mar 07, 2018

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The series of singles that King Stitt, the first ever deejay superstar, made with Clancy Eccles were the first where the deejay received a proper credit on record. They demonstrated how lyrical interjections and interruptions from a 'toaster' could build up as much excitement on record as they did in a dance... and the floodgates were now open.

Date Added: Feb 28, 2018

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A name that deserves to be up there with the other great deejay originators of the early seventies...

Date Added: Feb 13, 2018

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A fine vocal trio consisting of Ansel Cridland, Winston Watson and one time member of the Righteous Flames, Danny Clarke. It was Clarke who founded the group in 1975 and over the next decade they cut themselves a niche as a classic Jamaican roots vocal harmony group – whose sales never reflected their standing in the reggae world.

Date Added: Jan 31, 2018

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The personification and epitome of musical and sartorial cool Derrick Morgan's story recounts the growth of Jamaican music into the phenomenon that took the world by storm in the mid-seventies.

Date Added: Jan 24, 2018

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One of the most important and influential stylistic and artistic innovators of the second half of the twentieth century...

Date Added: Jan 10, 2018

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A producer turned performer, Hudson always created music of worth and note that developed a very particular style over the 1970's. He never crossed into the mainstream but many people's collections feature his albums and singles. His death at the age of 42 saw reggae loose a maverick.

Date Added: Dec 27, 2017

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Earl 'Sixteen' Daley has never stopped singing for those who care, not only about reggae music, but also about the message within the music.

Date Added: Nov 08, 2017

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The Dub Inventor, was not only responsible for transforming the music making process but also the way we listen to and appreciate music in the latter half of the twentieth century.

Date Added: Oct 25, 2017

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Count Ossie was the foremost exponent of Rasta drumming; his bass drum adorned with Psalm 133 'Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity'. His presence continues to be felt as an intuitive act of faith demonstrating an unbroken link with Jamaican music's shared ancestral and cultural heritage.

Date Added: Oct 18, 2017

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One of the foremost vocal groups of the sixties and early seventies...

Date Added: Oct 04, 2017

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The original 'singjay', Eek A Mouse, whose appeal has always been as big and broad as his super sized six foot six inches height. He has consistently broken down barriers and built bridges between the genres of roots, dance hall and 'crossover' reggae.

Date Added: Sep 12, 2017

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During the years that he reigned as King Yellow no one was able to come near Yellowman's popularity and he worked tirelessly throughout the eighties for every producer who had the wherewithal to record him...

Date Updated: Aug 29, 2017

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The 'Original Front Tooth Gold Tooth Gun Pon Tooth Don Gorgon'... one of the most startlingly original and seriously contumacious dancehall deejays.

Date Added: Aug 02, 2017

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Although female vocalists are not particularly well represented in Jamaican music Hortense Ellis is rightly regarded throughout the reggae world as one of the island's finest ever singers...

Date Added: Jul 26, 2017

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Pioneering singer and songwriter who introduced Jamaican music to an international audience in the Sixties and early Seventies.

Date Added: Jul 19, 2017